''Hemitragus bonali'', the Bonal tahr, is an extinct species of

bovid The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and caprines. A member of this family is called a bovid. With 143 extant species and 300 known extinct species, the ...

from the

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...

of Europe and the

Caucasus mountains The Caucasus Mountains, : pronounced * hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ, : pronounced * az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced * rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ * tr, Kafkas Dağla ...

region. The most recent remains of the Bonal tahr were found in layers dating from 298,000 ± 55,000 ka. The Bonal tahr was closely related (and possibly ancestral to) another extinct European tahr species, '' Hemitragus cedrensis''.

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Prehistoric even-toed ungulates Pleistocene even-toed ungulates Prehistoric bovids Pleistocene mammals of Europe {{Paleo-eventoedungulate-stub